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Solar wind magnetic fluctuation spectra exhibit a significant power law steepening at frequencies f>1Hz. The origin of this multi-scaling is investigated through dispersive Hall magnetohydrodynamics. We perform three-dimensional numerical…

Astrophysics · Physics 2008-11-26 S. Galtier , E. Buchlin

The density fluctuation spectrum in the solar wind reveals a Kolmogorov-like scaling with a spectral slope of -5/3 in wavenumber space. The energy transfer process in the magnetized solar wind, characterized typically by MHD turbulence,…

Space Physics · Physics 2015-05-14 Dastgeer Shaikh , G. P. Zank

We investigate the nature of magnetic turbulent fluctuations, around ion characteristic scales, in a fast solar wind stream, by using {\it Cluster} data. Contrarily to slow solar wind, where both Alfv\'enic ($\delta b_{\perp} \gg \delta…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2017-11-08 D. Perrone , O. Alexandrova , O. W. Roberts , S. Lion , C. Lacombe , A. Walsh , M. Maksimovic , I. Zouganelis

Current sheets are ubiquitous in the solar wind.They are a major source of the solar wind MHD turbulence intermittency. They may result from non-linear interactions of the solar wind MHD turbulence or are the boundaries of flux tubes that…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-04-09 L. Arnold , G. Li , X. Li , Y. Yan

The solar wind is highly structured in fast and slow flows. These two dynamical regimes remarkably differ not only for the average values of magnetic field and plasma parameters but also for the type of fluctuations they transport. Fast…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2017-08-04 R. Bruno , D. Telloni , D. DeIure , E. Pietropaolo

An evolving turbulent flow such as the solar wind can be meaningfully characterized by its "turbulence age" -- an estimate of the number of nonlinear times that have elapsed during a plasma parcel's propagation from the Sun to a given point…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2026-03-30 Rohit Chhiber , Yanwen Wang , Arcadi V. Usmanov , William H. Matthaeus

We investigate a class of ion-scale magnetic solitary structures in the solar wind, characterized by distinct magnetic field enhancements and bipolar rotations over spatial scales of several proton inertial lengths. These structures are…

The Sun's surface vibrates in characteristic 5-minute oscillations, known as p-modes, generated by sound waves trapped within the convection zone. Although these oscillations have long been hypothesized to reach into the solar wind, direct…

We solve the problem of propagation and dissipation of Alfvenic turbulence in a model solar atmosphere consisting of a static photosphere and chromosphere, transition region, and open corona and solar wind, using a phenomenological model…

Astrophysics · Physics 2011-02-11 A. Verdini , M. Velli

Many solar coronal jets result from erupting miniature-filament ("minifilament") magnetic flux ropes that reconnect with encountered surrounding far-reaching field. Many of those minifilament flux ropes are apparently built and triggered to…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2020-12-09 Alphonse C. Sterling , Ronald L. Moore , Navdeep K. Panesar , Tanmoy Samanta

The long-term evolution of large-amplitude Alfven waves propagating in the solar wind is investigated by performing two-dimensional MHD simulations within the expanding box model. The linear and nonlinear phases of the parametric decay…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2019-02-20 L. Del Zanna , L. Matteini , S. Landi , A. Verdini , M. Velli

Large-scale solar ejections are well understood, but the extent to which small-scale solar features directly influence the solar wind remains an open question, primarily due to the challenges of tracing these small-scale ejections and their…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-07-18 Jeongwoo Lee , Manolis K. Georgoulis , Rahul Sharma , Nour E. Raouafi , Qin Li , Haimin Wang

We show that the scaling of structure functions of magnetic and velocity fields in a mostly highly Alfv\'{e}nic fast solar wind stream depends strongly on the joint distribution of the dimensionless measures of cross helicity and residual…

A model is presented for generation of fast solar wind in coronal holes, relying on heating that is dominated by turbulent dissipation of MHD fluctuations transported upwards in the solar atmosphere. Scale-separated transport equations…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-14 A. Verdini , M. Velli , W. H. Matthaeus , S. Oughton , P. Dmitruk

The $1/f$ noise is a ubiquitous phenomenon in natural systems. Since the advent of space exploration, the $1/f$ range has been consistently observed in \textit{in situ} solar wind measurements throughout the heliosphere, sparking decades of…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2025-09-03 Zesen Huang , Marco Velli , B. D. G. Chandran , Chen Shi , Yuliang Ding , Lorenzo Matteini , Kyung-Eun Choi

We present results from a high-resolution and large-scale hybrid (fluid electrons and particle-in-cell protons) two-dimensional numerical simulation of decaying turbulence. Two distinct spectral regions (separated by a smooth break at…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2015-05-27 Luca Franci , Andrea Verdini , Lorenzo Matteini , Simone Landi , Petr Hellinger

We study the radial evolution of intermittency of density fluctuations in the fast solar wind. The study is performed analyzing the plasma density measurements provided by Helios 2 in the inner heliosphere between $0.3$ and $0.9$ AU. The…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2014-11-14 R. Bruno , D. Telloni , L. Primavera , E. Pietropaolo , R. D'Amicis , L. Sorriso-Valvo , V. Carbone , F. Malara , P. Veltri

From the the solar photosphere to the outer heliosphere, the Sun's plasma properties are fluctuating with a broad range of temporal and spatial scales. In fact, a turbulent cascade of energy from large to small scales is a frequently…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2018-08-30 Steven R. Cranmer

The turbulent magnetic fields of a large set of fast solar wind streams measured onboard ACE and STEREO A and B are analyzed in an effort to identify the effects of the turbulence-level broad variations on the orientations of the local,…

Solar and Stellar Astrophysics · Physics 2013-12-18 B. R. Ragot

Magnetic switchbacks are localised polarity reversals in the radial component of the heliospheric magnetic field. Observations from Parker Solar Probe (PSP) have shown that they are a prevalent feature of the near-Sun solar wind. However,…

Space Physics · Physics 2023-07-19 G. H. H. Suen , C. J. Owen , D. Verscharen , T. S. Horbury , P. Louarn , R. De Marco